India Gets Submarine Rescue System

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-13 OPINION Relevant for: Science & Technology Topic: Defence relatred developments The Indian Navy joined a select group of naval forces in the world on Wednesday when it inducted its first non-tethered Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) system at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. The DSRV is used to rescue crew members…

Water Traces Found On Asteroid Bennu

Source : www.thehindu.com  Date : 2018-12-12 OPINION Relevant for: Science & Technology Topic:Space Technology & related matters Seeds of life: Analysis of samples from Bennu may offer some clues to the origins of life on the earth.   | Photo Credit: AFP NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has discovered ingredients for water on a nearby sky scrapersized asteroid,…

A Rare Blitz For Trees

Source : www.thehindu.com  Date : 2018-12-12 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA Blitzes are swift, vigorous attacks and usually part of military parley. But there was nothing military about citizens as they looked up at trees across India on December 1 and 2: they were on a ‘bio…